Just three Northwest places appear in the top 100 on a new U-S Census list of fastest growing cities with populations over 100-thousand. The list is dominated by Sun Belt cities. Correspondent Tom Banse has more on who's growing and

Correspondent Tom Banse reports government policy makers are standing by the ethanol and biodiesel industries despite higher prices and consumer concerns.

Alaska Airlines management and its pilots union are inviting a federal mediator to help them revive stalled contract talks. David Campbell of the Air Line Pilots' Association says the mediator's goal would be to avert a threatened strike by Alaska's